About 150 members of the public attended the meeting at the Lindbergh Centre on Thursday night, which featured a panel including Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Kearton; Tim Passmore, Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner; and David Ellesmere, leader of Ipswich Borough Council.

It heard about plans to turn on streetlights in the affected area, extend a free summer holiday sports programmes for children and set aside funding for community projects.

There will also be a £100,000 investment in the Murrayside Community Centre and three youth workers have been brought in to work with the community immediately.

But after the meeting, Mr Thompson said: "We all sit and listen and talk but when one goes home most people will forget about what's been spoken about.